Automobile rim and fastening means



. 1,546,777 Oct' 25 1927 J. H. wAGENHoRsT AUTOMOBILE RIM AND PASTENINGMEANS Filed Aug. 9. 1920 Patented Oct. 25, 1927.

Unirse i etres imam JAMES H. WAGENHORST, OF JACKSON, MICHEGAN. j

AUTOMOBLE RIM AND FASTENING MEANS.

Application :tiled August 9, 1,920. Serial No. 402,105.

rlhis invention relates generally to tire carrying rims for automobilesand more particularly to certain features oic rim end connecting means.

One object of the invention is to provide a simple and effectiveconstruction ot rim end connection which will hold said ends againstseparation both lateral and circumferential. Y

`With these various objects in view the invention consists in the noveldetailed teatures of construction, hereinafter fully described andpointed out in the appended claims.

Fig. l is a sectional view showing one 'torni of combined rim endconnecting means and driving connection between the rim and telly; Fig.2 is a similar view ot a slightly modified form of device; Fig. 3 showsa still further modification; and Fig. et is a similar view showing aconnecting plate j devoid ot' a driving connection.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a rim divided at 31, preferablyat an oblique angle as shown; and a plate is attached to one end ot therim and projects beyond said end being fastened to the rim by rivetsincluding the rivet 36, having an enlarged head 37 which engages anapertured member 3S and provides a driving connection between the rim 30and wheel body, it being understood that this wheel body portion can beachanneled sheet metal telly or it may be the telly band applied to awooden telly. The plate 35 has an opening` 39 adjacent the tree endwhich is adapted to receive a stud or rivet head Ll() projectinginwardly from the opposite end ot the rim, and when the plate tits overand engages this stud or head, the rim ends will be held against lateraland circumferential movement, and the button 34 prevents dislocation otthe parts.

The plate 35 is odset or recessed at 41, just beyond the cut 31, topermit a tool such as a screw driver or tire tool to be inserted tor thepurpose of springing the plate oit of the stud or head 4.0 and movingthe rim ends apart radially a short Vdistance and then shitting themlaterally it desired.

ln Fig. 2 the general features of construction are the same but theplate 35a has an inturned end 36 which engages an upset plate BS andprovides the drivin@ connection. The tree end is bent at an :iiigle andthe stud is set at an angle also. rllhe recess 4l is the same as in Fig.l. The end and stud being set at an angle facilitates the disconnectionof the parts when it is desired to collapse the rim and provides a spacebetween the end ot the connecting plate and the rim in which a tool canbe inserted to collapse the rim.

In Fig. 3, the plate 351 is riveted to one end ot the rim and providedwith a central inwardly projecting portion 361 which engages anoutwardly punched portion 38h ot the telly band of the wheel body, thusmaking the driving connection. The tree end and stud are inclined as inFig. 2 and the recess all is arranged just beyond the cut 8l.

ln Fig. 4 the plate 35C is curved to con` form to the base of the rim,and is devoid ot an otliset and angled end but is adapted to engage astud 40 and it has the recess 4l to receive a tool and this plate isshown without the button as it can be so used.

It will thus be seen that l provide in connection with a tire carryingrim a novel torni of combined rim end and driving connection capable ofoperating as and for the purpose et forth. i

Having thus described mv invention, what I claim is: L

l. A tire carrying rim divided at one point. plate connected to one endot the rim and projecting beyond said end, the tree end ot the platebeing inclined and apertured. and a stud attached to the base ot the rimadjacent the opposite end and adapted to engage said aperture, said studbeing inclined.

2. A tire carrying rim divided at one point, a plateoonnected to one endot the rim and projecting beyond said end, said projecting en d beinginclined to provide a space betweeii said end and the rim, said end alsobein(r apertured, and an inclined stud carried b f the opposite end ofthe rim.

3. rlhe combination with a divided rim. of a plate rigidly attached toone end and projecting beyond said end, said plate having a recessintermediate its ends, said projecting end being inclined to provide aspace between said projecting end and the rim, said end tured, aninclined stud carried by the other also being apertured, and an inclinedlug vend of said rim, said plate having a recess in carried by theopposite end of the rim. the -face adjacent the inner side of the rim 104. The combination with a ti'anssplit debase.

mountable rim, of a. plate connected to one In testimony whereof, Ihereunto affix my end and projecting beyond the 4splitythe freesignature.

end of the plate being` inclined `and aper- JAMES H. 1WA'GrElULIGRST.

